Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-05-26

NEW CATHOLIC CEMETERY.

NEW CATHOLIC CEMETERY.
The Trustees Of st. James Parish
Arranging an Attractive
Cemetery.
The old Catholic cemetery which was
located in 1881 about two or three miles
west of the city has always been unsatis-
factory and the trustees of the church
recently took hold of the matter with the
determination of providing more con-
veniently located and better equipped
cemetery. The committee, which consists
OF D. E. Hughes and G. w. Hendricks,
finally selected five acre tract on G. w.
Hendricks place on the bluffs south of
the city. conveniently located within the
city limits, and Immediately began the
work of fencing, plating and adorning
the spot.
A day or so ago an ALERT representa-
tive was driven out and shown over.the
cemetery by Alderman Hughes, one of
the prominent workers of the church who
has been especially interested in this pro-
ject. The location is an excellent one
being high, dry and almost level. The
cemetery has been laid out in square
and contains five acres within the hand
some wire fence with which it is sur
rounded. Along the road are a line of
hitching posts and over the gateway,
which was purposely made too narrow
for teams in order to exclude the same,
is found the word s'Calvery" by which
name the cemetary will hereafter be
known. Within. the fence the ground
has been plowed, dragged and seeded with
timothy and Ornamented with 25O trees,
set out along the main avenues. Around
the outside fifteen foot drive has been
laid out while running through the center
from east to west and from north to south
are the main avenues, thirty feet in
width. The ground when all plated
will make 500 lots each fourteen feet
square and with five foot walk running
on each side. In the center of the
grounds, at the intersection of the two
principal avenues, stands huge cross,
emblamatic Of the faith under which the
cemetery will be conducted. In one cor
ner of the grounds a place will be left for
paupers and in another corner an un-
consecrated portion for the burial OF
those who die out of the church. Alto
gether the arrangement is neat and handy
| the most distant corners being easily
accessil le- and credit to Rev. Father
Cassidy and Trustees Hughes and Hen.
bricks who have borne the brunt of the
work.
The cemetary will be consecrated june
9Th, with unusual ceremony. The city
officials will probably be invited to attene
as also the public. Bishop Marty o
Yankton, will arrive here June 3rd ane
will participate in the ceremony.
A Proposition from Mr.. Klaus.
EDITOR AIEkT:-The artesian well wa.
ter is wanted by everybody for domestic
use, for fire protection, and for reduction
on fire insurance.
The following was taken from the
Capital short time SINCE:
There are dozen or more men in the
city who would put in the water main
and maintain it under franchise of five
years for the water rentals alone without
any interest from the city on the money
invested, and consider it a good bargain
at that.
If there is one of the dozen named, who
will put in the water mains and hydrants
for five years for the water rentals alone
without interest from the city on the
money invested I am sure the majority
of our heaviest taxpayers would be well
satisfied if our mayor and city council
should make such contract.
| If that can not be done, then do here
by make the following proposition to our
mayor and city council: agree to put
in 6-inch mains from the well to the cor
ner of the Methodist parsonage or Pacific
avenue, over 2,70O feet; put in one double
nozzle frost proof hydrant in each block
and one in the center of the west line OF
the park or the railroad right Of way, and
put crosses with coupling in each block
to make connections for extending the
water east and west when required and
put in the proper valves in each block SO
as to cut off the water when required;
guarantee pipes not to freeze or leak for
one year ;and will give the city the use of
the water in the hydrants and the city
collect the rent for same, if they pay me
81, 600, with eight per cent interest and
use of water for the Gladstone hotel when
ever they get ready to do So This would
give us water and fire protection for the
whole business part Of the city over half
mile on Fifth avenue, and nearly a quar-
ter of mile on each street running east
and west over two miles more, making in
all two and half miles for fire protec-
ton. If proposition is accepted, I agree
to have all completed in sixty days, and
| give the city the choice of using of
wrought IRON or Kalamein pipe.
| ANTON KLAUS, SR.
Steam Car Ferry Rates.
Rates on the ferry cars across the Mis-
sour at Bismarck have been established